Sims Installation problems

[Stuart90]

Hi all, I today bought the sims 1 deluxe pack. My comuter is fairly new and certainly meets the requirements for the game. I have installed it but when I click to play the game all that happens is that its plays the openng sequnce and the blacks out and takes me back to the desktop. I am no computer expert but I know that my computer has a 64bit processor and a decent graphics card. I know the game is fairly old. Could it be that my drivers are too modern? Any help would be much appreciated.

[mrjonnyevo]

it sound like a graphic card issue can you go into any set up programs on sims and change resolution?if so drop it to 640 x 800 , what graphic card do you have?

[Stuart90]

I think it is a raedon 9800 pro. Is that the right thing?

[The Mack]

unlikely a driver issue
are there patches for this version? try game shaddow to make this easier if your unsure of what i mean
is it an old win98 program? if so try win98 compatability mode

[mrjonnyevo]

# Disable any anti-virus and/or crash guard software you have running.
# Lower the video hardware acceleration to �basic�:
- Right-click "My Computer" and select "Properties"
- Pick the "Performance" tab
- Choose "Graphics"
- Lower �hardware acceleration� to basic.
# Try selecting "game compatible device" or "use any available device" from the multimedia control panel.
# Make sure that your desktop is set to at least 800x600, 16-bit high color and that you are using the latest driver for your sound and video cards. If your drivers are out of date or lack DirectX 7 support, there is a workaround:
- You'll need to modify the shortcut to The Sims. Browse to the Program Files\Maxis\The Sims directory (or whatever directory you've installed the game to), right click on Sims.EXE and drag it to your desktop, and select "Create Shortcut(s) Here".
- Once you have the shortcut on your desktop, right-click on it and select Properties.
- In the �Target� field it should say:
"C:\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\Sims.exe" (or the path to whichever folder it�s installed to).
- Add the following to the end of the �Target� line: �-nodx6 -skip_verify -skip_intro -w�
# If the game still crashes, you may be having sound problems. As a last resort, add � -nosound� to the desktop shortcut as well.